Jay-Z vs. Nas: The two New York rappers started feuding at the turn of the decade. Takeover, the second track on Jay-Z's seminal 2001 album The Blueprint, attacked Nas by calling him a 'fake', describing his career as 'lame' and criticising his flow. Nas responded with his own diss track Ether which blasted the Jigga Man for brown-nosing other rappers like Eminem and comparing him to cigarette mascot Joe Camel. At Hot 97's summer bash in 2001, Jay-Z even flashed an image of Nas associate Prodigy dressed as a ballerina to fuel the dispute. The pair eventually called peace without violence in 2005 and have even preformed two tracks together, Dead Presidents and Black Republican.

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